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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (22772)	12/14/2004 11:32:37 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Doesn't sound like a great time will be had <g> I agree with what you said. I saw the interviews as well and I'm sure these people had a good read on him. I'm still not sure there was enough hard evidence to warrant death though. Thats not to say that more wont surface that will make me think they did the right thing. It seems to me he had this thing pretty well thought out which makes me wonder if he's done this in the past. Do we have a sociopath on our hands who can come across like the boy next door but can murder without remorse? Those are pieces to the puzzle I don't have yet

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (22772)	12/14/2004 1:38:44 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 90947

Gloop, As an inmate on death row, Scott Peterson will be in solitary. He will take his meals in his cell. He will be allowed 1 hour per day in a supervised exercise yard, populated by like prisoners. He will be in "restraint gear" whenever he leaves his cell. This info comes from a San Quinton spokesperson. For a sociopath like Peterson, that will be his worst punishment. I don't see him being executed, even if the death sentence is upheld. I think it's a waste of time to have a death penalty when they haven't executed anyone in 2 years in CA and have 600 on Death Row.

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (22772)	12/16/2004 3:48:05 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

re: "His presence in the marina at the same time Laci went missing (and later washed ashore) is highly suspicious. My further impression is that Peterson thought those bodies would never surface." What I would have liked the prosecution (or the defense, for that matter) to have done, was to contact the Bay Model, Army Corps of Engineers in Sausalito, CA. The Bay Model, as its name implies, is a very sophisticated and precise replica of the underwater geography, tides and currents of the SF Bay. They use it to study environmental situations of "what" would flow "where" should some type of event happen (usually oil spills). The model is laid out quite accurately, takes up a couple large warehouses, fully detailed, if I recall correctly. I believe you could make some reasonable estimate of the probability of Laci's/Conner's bodies washing up at "Point X" relative to Peterson's fishing "Point Y". Or make an estimation of where the bodies were dumped if not at Peterson's fishing location, by some coincidental third party perhaps. At minimum, you'd have a little more hard evidence in a case that will be forever tainted as more circumstantial than not.